Fig. 4
From: Effects of body mass index on the immune response within the first days after major stroke in humans
Higher BMI ratios are associated with higher levels of TNF-α, eotaxin, IFN-β and IFN-γ after stroke
Stroke patients were analyzed and compared to healthy controls on the day of admission (day 0) and days 1, 3 and 5. Multiple regression analysis was performed to evaluate the influence of BMI on TNF-α, eotaxin, IFN-β and IFN-γ levels independent of sex, age, stroke treatment, days after stroke and stroke volume. BMI ratios: For better visualization, we retransformed β-coefficients to percentage change/1 standard deviation BMI. Therefore, the figures represent significant alterations over the study period, whereby the three figure panels represent the results for BMI values corresponding to -1 SD, the mean, and + 1 SD